
The Voyage of St Brendan
with illustrations by Kathleen Neeley
- 68 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
In The Voyage of St Brendan, A.B. Jackson tells the tale of the legendary seafaring Irish abbot. After burning a book of fantastical stories, Brendan is compelled to sail the ocean with a crew of six monks in a leather-skinned currach; his task, to prove the existence of wonders in the world and create a new book of marvels. Discoveries include Jasconius the island-whale, a troop of Arctic ghosts, a hellmouth of tortured souls, a rock-bound Judas, and the magical castle of the boar-headed Walserands. Although the roots of this legend lie in early Irish tales and the Latin Voyage of Brendan the Abbot of the ninth century, Jackson has taken the 14th-century Middle Dutch version of Brendan's voyage as the template for this engaging, witty and spirited interpretation, notable for its humour and inventiveness. The book is beautifully illustrated with a series of black and white linocuts by the American artist Kathleen Neeley, one of which features in colour on the cover.
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Table of contents
- Description
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Brendan
- The Burning of the Book
- The Boat
- Brendanās Meditation
- The Crew
- Shore Song
- The Great Fish
- The Mermayd
- Thirsting Souls
- The Coagulated Sea
- The Cliff-top Monastery
- Interlude
- The Rock Saint
- Hellmouth
- The Siren
- The Stolen Bridle
- Devilsā Mountain
- Respite
- Brendanās Vision
- Many Fish
- The Turf Rider
- Judas
- Burning Birds
- Multum Bona Terra
- The Walserands
- The Sea Leaf
- The Sea Serpent
- A World Below
- The New Book
- Home
- Burial
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- About the Author
- Copyright